Tag Archives: campaign finance reports

January finance reports: Harris County

Posted on January 20, 2012 by Charles Kuffner

January is a very busy month for campaign finance reports, since they are due for all levels of government. I’ve been busy updating the 2012 Primary Election pages for Harris County and elsewhere in Texas with reports as I can … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2012 | Tagged Adrian Garcia, Ann Harris Bennett, campaign finance reports, Charlie Baird, Constable, Democratic primary, District Attorney, Don Sumners, Election 2012, Harris County, Harris County Attorney, Harris County Sheriff, Harris County Tax Assessor, Mike Anderson, Mike Sullivan, Pat Lykos, Republican Party, Robert Talton, Rosemary Lehmberg, Travis County, Vince Ryan, Zack Fertitta | 1 Comment

Don’t draw broad conclusions from muddled evidence

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I have a number of issues with the analysis presented in this Chron story about what happened in the runoffs and What It All Means. The results illustrate a continuation of a national trend of anger and frustration toward government … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, Clarence Bradford, District A, District B, Election 2009, Election 2011, Election 2013, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jarvis Johnson, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, red light cameras, Renew Houston, runoff | 4 Comments

Eight day runoff finance reports

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Seven of the eight campaign finance reports for the runoff have been posted; all but Jack Christie’s were available online as of last night. Let’s have a look at them. First up, District A: Candidate Raised Spent Loans Cash on … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, Election 2011, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, runoff | 5 Comments

Endorsement watch: Byrd for B

Posted on December 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The Chron makes its last endorsement of the 2011 cycle. District B needs effective leadership at City Hall. We believe the lifelong resident and city government veteran Alvin Byrd offers both the experience and knowledge of the district to bring … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, campaign finance reports, District B, Election 2011, endorsements, Houston, Houston City Council, Jerry Davis, runoff | 2 Comments

Driver’s plea

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

So long, Joe. A humbled Rep. Joe Driver, the Garland Republican who illegally pocketed state travel money, pleaded guilty to felony abuse-of-office charges Tuesday and agreed to five years’ probation. As part of his plea agreement, Driver will get five … Continue reading →

Posted in Scandalized! | Tagged campaign finance reports, Cindy Burkett, Election 2012, HD113, Joe Driver, The Lege | Comments Off

Looking ahead to the runoffs

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The runoff election for the city of Houston will be Saturday, December 10. It’s going to be an extremely low turnout affair – as was the case with the general election, I expect the runoff to have about the same … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, Election 2009, Election 2011, endorsements, fundraising, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut | 4 Comments

Early voting for city runoffs begins today

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

You remember that we have runoff elections for four Houston City Council positions, right? Well, early voting starts today and runs through next Tuesday, December 6. Here are the early voting locations that will be open for the runoff. Early … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alvin Byrd, Andrew Burks, At Large #2, At Large #5, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, early voting, Election 2011, endorsements, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jerry Davis, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, runoff, turnout | Comments Off

Driver to take a plea

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Whoa. State Rep. Joe Driver, who candidly acknowledged pocketing taxpayer reimbursements for travel paid by his campaign, will enter a guilty plea on abuse-of-office charges, a third-degree felony, a top prosecutor said Tuesday night. “He is going to plea to … Continue reading →

Posted in Scandalized! | Tagged campaign finance reports, HD113, Joe Driver, Texas, The Lege, Travis County | Comments Off

The 8 day non-filers

Posted on November 5, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Eight day campaign finance reports were posted on the city website on Monday and Tuesday. As of today, the following candidates do not have an 8 Day report available: Amanda Ullman, Mayor James Partsch-Galvan (*), At Large #1 Elizabeth Perez, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged At Large #5, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jolanda Jones, Laurie Robinson | 3 Comments

Eight day finance reports, part II

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Finishing what I started… – Fernando Herrera‘s report appeared on Tuesday. He raised $15,835, spent $27,185, and has $242.87 on hand. There were several expenditures on signs and a couple for “Advertising” that didn’t give me much of a clue … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, Annise Parker, At Large #1, At Large #2, At Large #5, Bolivar Fraga, campaign finance reports, Dave Wilson, David Robinson, District K, Election 2011, Eric Dick, Fernando Herrera, Griff Griffin, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jack O'Connor, Jenifer Pool, Jolanda Jones, Kevin Simms, Kristi Thibaut, Larry Green, Mayor, Pat Frazier, Scott Boates | 5 Comments

Eight day reports, part 1

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The eight day finance reports started getting posted on the city’s campaign finance page yesterday. I’m still working through putting them on my 2011 Election page, but here are a few highlights so far: – Next to Mayor Parker, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Al Hoang, Annise Parker, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Ellen Cohen, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack O'Connor, Mayor, Mike Sullivan, Patricia Rodriguez, Stephen Costello, Wanda Adams | 8 Comments

Two finance report updates

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Since I’ve made a big deal out of who hasn’t filed their 30 Day campaign finance reports, I am compelled to note that as of October 27, Scott Boates in At Large #1 has now filed his. Eight day reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged At Large #1, At Large #2, Bolivar Fraga, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Scott Boates | 4 Comments

Where are the 30 day reports?

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

On October 11, the vast majority of 30 Day campaign finance reports were posted on the city’s website. Since then, only two new reports (not counting corrected reports) have been posted, with quite a few candidates not filing them at … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston | 10 Comments

More 30 day finance reports for City of Houston races

Posted on October 13, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Following up on yesterday’s report, here are the interesting, odd, and questionable things I’ve seen in the rest of the 30 day campaign finance reports. Mayor Parker raised $469K, spent $526K, and maintained $2.3 million on hand. She appears to … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Annise Parker, At Large #2, At Large #5, campaign finance reports, Dave Wilson, District E, District K, Election 2011, Election 2012, Fernando Herrera, Harris County, Harris County Tax Assessor, Houston, Houston City Council, Jenifer Pool, Jolanda Jones, Mayor, Mike Sullivan, Pat Frazier | 1 Comment

30 day finance reports for City of Houston races

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

The 30 day campaign finance reports for City of Houston elections were due last week, and they are now mostly up on the city’s campaign finance report website, with a large number showing up today. Already I’m seeing questionable, curious, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Al Hoang, At Large #2, At Large #3, At Large #5, Bolivar Fraga, Brad Batteau, campaign finance reports, District A, District C, District F, District G, District J, Election 2011, Ellen Cohen, Griff Griffin, Harris County Tax Assessor, Helena Brown, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jack O'Connor, Jim Bigham, Laurie Robinson, Mayor, Oliver Pennington, voter registration | 1 Comment

Texas Watchdog followup on HCC reports

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

So after I published those HCC Trustee campaign finance reports, I got an email from Jennifer Peebles of Texas Watchdog, who asked me if I had redacted the files to hide the mailing addresses of the trustees and their donors. … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas, HCC, Houston, open records, Texas Watchdog | Comments Off

At long last, HCC campaign finance statements

Posted on August 29, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, I had sent an Open Records request to the HCC General Counsel to get copies of July campaign finance reports for all HCC Trustees and candidates. I sent that in on August 10, and the reply I … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Andrew Burks, At Large #2, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Griff Griffin, HCC, Houston, Houston City Council, Michael Williams | 3 Comments

Mayor Parker campaign finance data

Posted on August 26, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

As you know, in my analyses of the campaign finance reports for July, I skipped over Mayor Parker’s report because it was just too damn big for me to plow through. Well, Sue Davis of the Mayor’s campaign heard my … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Annise Parker, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Mayor | Comments Off

A closer look at finance reports: Contributions, donations, and memberships

Posted on August 25, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

When you give money to a political candidate, you’re not just paying for their overhead and campaign-related expenses. You’re also helping to support the causes and candidates that they support. This last post in my series on campaign finance reports … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council | Comments Off

Boney to run for HCC Trustee

Posted on August 15, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

We have our first contested race for a non-city of Houston office as former Council member and Mayor Pro Tem Jew Don Boney has announced his candidacy for the HCC Trustee District IV seat. You can see his press release … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Carroll Robinson, Election 2011, HCC, Houston, Houston City Council, Jew Don Boney, Michael Williams, Richard Schechter | 3 Comments

A closer look at finance reports: Spending on consultants

Posted on August 9, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Now that we’ve looked at who gives to candidates in Houston, let’s take a look at what those candidates spend their money on. Broadly speaking, your main forms of expenditures include overhead (rent, food, office supplies, transportation, webhosting, etc), advertising, … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council | 2 Comments

A closer look at finance reports: Elected officials

Posted on August 2, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

In addition to contributions from PACs, there was another class of donor that I thought was worth highlighting: Elected officials and candidates for public office. Basically, the idea is to see who “the establishment” is supporting, to see what we … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Ellen Cohen, Eric Dick, Fernando Herrera, Garnet Coleman, Houston, Houston City Council, Jack Christie, Jenifer Pool, Jolanda Jones, Kristi Thibaut, Larry Green, Melissa Noriega, Zinetta Burney | Comments Off

A closer look at finance reports: PACs

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Having taken the time to download all of those campaign finance reports for the city of Houston elections, which you can view on my 2011 Election page, I wanted to see what I could learn from all this data. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Jolanda Jones, Mike Sullivan | 5 Comments

Update on HISD and HCC finance reports

Posted on July 28, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I had mentioned before that it was hard to find campaign finance reports for HISD and HCC Trustees. I now have some updated information about this, so I wanted to share it with you. First, HISD Trustee Anna Eastman (who … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Anna Eastman, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, HCC, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Richard Schechter | Comments Off

The non-filers

Posted on July 25, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

We are now more than a week beyond the deadline to file campaign finance reports for City of Houston elections. The following candidates for city office have not yet filed a campaign finance report for July: Michael Williams, At Large … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2009, Election 2011, Griff Griffin, Houston, Houston City Council, Joe Edmonds, Kenneth Perkins, Michael Williams, Randy Locke | 2 Comments

Poor Jerry

Posted on July 23, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

I feel so, so sorry for him. Harris County Commissioner Jerry Eversole has racked up $1.1 million in legal bills fighting a federal corruption probe in the past two years, nearly exhausting his campaign funds months before his case is … Continue reading →

Posted in Scandalized! | Tagged campaign finance reports, Commissioners Court, fundraising, Harris County, Jerry Eversole | 2 Comments

The other races

Posted on July 22, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

In addition to the city of Houston races, I am trying to follow the HISD and HCC Trustee elections as well. I say “trying” because there’s just no information out there that I can find. For one thing, though there … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Carole Mims Galloway, Carroll Robinson, Christopher Oliver, Election 2011, HCC, HISD, HISD Board of Trustees, Houston, Juliet Stipeche, Manuel Rodriguez, Michael Williams, Paula Harris, Richard Schechter | 2 Comments

Tuesday late filers report

Posted on July 19, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

This is a semi-regular tracker of late campaign finance report filings for City of Houston elections. I’ll keep this up until either everyone has filed, or we all get sick of it and I move onto other trivial obsessions. With … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Alexander Gonik, Andrew Burks, At Large #1, Bob Schoellkopf, Bryan Smart, campaign finance reports, District A, District B, District D, District K, Election 2009, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Council, Scott Boates | 2 Comments

Finance reports and the Mayor’s race

Posted on July 17, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Finance report updates: David Robinson has filed his corrected report, which includes the $53,095.57 cash on hand total that was omitted in the original. There were no other changes made. Mayoral candidate Kevin Simms has now filed his report. He … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Annise Parker, Bill White, Bob Lanier, campaign finance reports, Election 1999, Election 2001, Election 2011, Election 2013, fundraising, Houston, Lee Brown, Mayor | 8 Comments

More campaign finance reports for July

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Following up on the earlier post, here are some more highlights from the July campaign finance reports for City of Houston elections. All reports can be found on my 2011 Election page. – Since I dinged Al Hoang for not … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Annise Parker, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Houston, Houston City Controller, Houston City Council, Mayor, Ronald Green | 1 Comment

Some early fundraising numbers

Posted on July 15, 2011 by Charles Kuffner

Today is the day that campaign finance reports are due for candidates in this November’s city of Houston elections. Some early filer’s reports are already up on the city’s Campaign Finance webpage. I’ve uploaded copies of these reports to my … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2011 | Tagged Al Hoang, Brenda Stardig, campaign finance reports, Election 2011, Eric Dick, Fernando Herrera, fundraising, Houston, Houston City Council, Jolanda Jones, Mayor | 3 Comments

Fundraising: SBOE

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

Really only two races of interest here, SBOE 5 and SBOE 10. Let’s take a look. http://www.ethics.state.tx.us/php/summary.php?rn=458837&form=COH Totals From Report For Rebecca L. Bell-Metereau Filed on: July 15 2010 Covering the Period February 21, 2010 Through June 30, 2010 Total … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2010 | Tagged campaign finance reports, Election 2010, fundraising, Judy Jennings, Ken Mercer, Marsha Farney, Michael Soto, Rebecca Bell-Metereau, SBOE, Texas | 1 Comment

January City of Houston campaign finance reports

Posted on January 24, 2010 by Charles Kuffner

In addition to state and federal officeholders/candidates, January 15 was also the deadline for City of Houston folks to file their campaign finance reports as well. As there are no elections coming up any time soon, I will not be … Continue reading →

Posted in Local politics | Tagged Al Hoang, Annise Parker, Bill White, campaign finance reports, Election 2009, Election 2010, Election 2011, Gene Locke, Gordon Quan, Houston, Houston City Council, Jarvis Johnson, Mayor, Roy Morales | Comments Off

HCAD rules for Hoang in homestead dispute

Posted on December 29, 2009 by Charles Kuffner

On Christmas Eve, the Chron reported that Council Member-Elect Al Hoang and his wife had claimed homestead exemptions on two separate houses, one in Houston and one in Pearland. Now the Harris County Appraisal District has verified Hoang’s explanation about … Continue reading →

Posted in Election 2009 | Tagged Al Hoang, campaign finance reports, Election 2009, Harris County Tax Assessor, HCAD, Houston, Houston City Council, voter registration | Comments Off

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